Research at Anna Univ 2026

Anna University Chennai consistently ranks among the top 20 in NIRF Engineering. Research spans every major engineering and applied science discipline given the broad CEG, ACT and MIT scope. The university hosts the Centre for Aerospace Research (uniquely positioned given MIT's heritage), Centre for Renewable Energy, Centre for Excellence in AI-ML, Centre for Bioenergy, Centre for Climate Change Adaptation, Centre for Water Resources, Anna University-IIT Madras Joint Doctoral Programme and many discipline-specific centres. The university files 100+ patents annually with publications in Nature, IEEE Transactions, ACM, Springer, Elsevier and ACS venues. Major funding from DST, AICTE, MeitY, DBT, ISRO, DRDO, BARC, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Earth Sciences and several international agencies. Industry partnerships span Tata Group, Reliance, Tata Motors, Hyundai (Chennai-Hyundai cluster), Robert Bosch, Texas Instruments, Cisco, Microsoft, Google, ISRO, DRDO and many deep-tech startups. International collaborations span MIT, Stanford, CMU, ETH Zurich, Cambridge, Oxford, Tokyo Tech and several global universities.

Research & Industry Partnerships — Anna Univ